New York Fashion Week: Karen Walker

New Zealander Karen Walker's spring/summer 2010 collection was supposedly inspired by the 1960s TV series, The Prisoner; it looked more like a mad romp on a Victorian seaside - all that was missing were the bathing machines!

There were cute blouson anoraks and capes in bright yellow and navy, worn with bunched-up puffball skirts - a recurring trend.

Bird-prints moved the collection away from the nautical vibe and multicoloured graphics offered an alternative to stripe and spot, seen best in dolman-sleeved dresses with a hip-swathe of fabric, with fluttered, scarf-like at one side.